Personally i think it's good the presets is'nt set to have a huge output. I think too high presets levels often is a problem. I think it's good if there is some headroom to work with, as long as it's possible to get a 0 db without ruining the sound.- 12 db for a preset is very good, as long as i can boost it to 0 db my self within Matrix/ the synth.I find the MINI V applications output is to low (not the presets as such, that in fact for some can be to high), as i have reported in Mini V forum. But i have'nt noticed this to be the case for the Matrix. Can you please clarify?